Open AccessDoes Shorter Time to Treatment of Pediatric Femur Shaft Fractures Impact Clinical Outcomes?
Author(s) -
Jennifer Grauberger,
Megan M. O’Byrne,
Anthony A. Stans,
William J. Shaughnessy,
A. Noelle Larson,
Todd A. Milbrandt
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pediatric orthopaedics/journal of pediatric orthopedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.318
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1539-2570
pISSN - 0271-6798
DOI - 10.1097/bpo.0000000000001544
Subject(s) - medicine , femur , emergency department , pediatric trauma , trauma center , injury severity score , retrospective cohort study , bone healing , femur fracture , surgery , poison control , emergency medicine , injury prevention , psychiatry
Annual rankings by US News and World Report are a widely utilized metric by both health care leaders and patients. One longstanding measure is time to treatment of femur shaft fractures. Hospitals able to provide at least 80% of pediatric patients with an operating room start time within 18 hours of admission to the emergency department score better as part of the overall pediatric orthopaedic ranking. Therefore, it is important to determine whether the 18-hour treatment time for pediatric femur shaft fractures is a clinically meaningful metric.